Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor,( born 10 July 1977) is a British film, television, and theatre actor. He played Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), The Operative in Serenity (2005), Lola in Kinky Boots (2005), Luke in Children of Men (2006), and Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013).